Acceptance of Appointment as Frigate Superintendent of Construction; Questions Pertaining to This Duty

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Type

Autograph Letter Signed

Description

Letter, accepts appointment to superintend Frigate; discusses pay of public servants; describes price of materials for Frigate; asks for information re sails.

Date

01/02/1797

Author

Captain Thomas Thompson

Recipient

Josiah Fox

Sent from

Portsmouth

Repository

Peabody Essex Museum: Phillips Library

Collection

Josiah Fox Papers

Document number

1797010260001

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Notable persons

Josiah Fox

Thomas Thompson

[James] Hackett

Notable locations

War Office, Philadelphia

Portsmouth

Notable items

frigates

sails